Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Musings on Social Contract

 Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau got social contract wrong.

  1. Social contract is implicit, not explicit. 
  2. Social contract is incremental and contingent, instead of planned and structured.
  3. Contemporary categories of social contracts
    1. Non-aggression principle (Classical Liberal/Libertarian)
    2. Common Good (Conservative)
    3. Brother's Keeper (Conservative/Liberal)
  4. Proper role of state is to guarantee social contract.